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How to reduce post-harvest losses in supply chain of fruits & vegetables?

Start Date :

Jan 01, 2015

Last Date :

Feb 02, 2015

04:15 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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India is the World’s second largest producer of Fruits & Vegetables. However, the processing of perishable products in our country is very low, in comparison to the ...

India is the World’s second largest producer of Fruits & Vegetables. However, the processing of perishable products in our country is very low, in comparison to the developed countries or developing countries like China, Brazil, Malaysia, Vietnam, etc. One of the main constraints in the growth of processing of fruits & vegetables in the country is non-availability of modern and suitable infrastructure with efficient supply Chain. Consequently, there is very high level of wastage of the fruits & vegetables in the country resulting in the farmer not getting adequate remuneration for his yield. A study conducted by Central Institute of Post Harvesting Engineering Technology (CIPHET), Ludhiana, an ICAR institute, reveals that wastage in various agricultural crops in the country range from 6-18% and the highest loss has been shown in fruits and vegetables.

Ministry of Food processing Industries invites views/ suggestions for reduction of these losses.

Last date for sending your suggestions is 1st February 2015.

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Abhay Kumar Singh 11 years 10 months ago

Read about your advice to the top officials to visit their first place of posting-most likely it will be a Taluk HQ. I am sure their visit will be an eye opener for them. They’ll realise that while they were going up the ladder, a vast portion of India was caught in a time warp-notwithstanding the green revolution, ubiquitous mobile and TV disc even in remote areas. Nothing much has changed as regards availability of basic things - clean drinking water, education, health facilities, electricity

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Abhay Kumar Singh 11 years 10 months ago

Politicians have thrived for 67 years by keeping majority of us poor and ignorant-they have always told us - you are poor and useless –so vote us in and we will take care of you by throwing some crumbs at you to keep you alive. First time, we have a politician who asks us to realize our strength, stand on our feet and be vigilant. Thank U, Dear Prime Minister for waking us up. Changing mindset is going to be a long & arduous battle but it’s worth the effort. We all are with YOU.

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Ankit Sahu 11 years 10 months ago

proper developing of Mandi's.and Supply network,,- ther should be more Max price Policies to farmers when they sel.and Digital card Production Maintaining facility should be introduced ,as this will gave rewards to farmers..and Govt should provide Transportation facility just like AMBULANCE..which work 24hours

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Anita Kelkar 11 years 10 months ago

Sir, I believe processing the excess in a timely manner can be a good alternative. There are different ways to process different items. we should encourage and subsidies should be provided for them . They should compete with the Cokes available in the market.

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nirav chauhan 11 years 10 months ago

Sir please do something for fix pay employee of Gujrat government please decrease the duration of fixation period for 2 year

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Sumeet Mandrekar 11 years 10 months ago

This requires a multi-step solution. First we need to map India according to consumption and production of various items. Then we need to create different solutions for different items - cold storage for some items and food processing (converting tomatoes and onions into puree form etc.) for others. We also need to design supply chains with the likes of cold storage trains and ships and eliminate taxes while the train crosses states or even nations (as verification by babus waste time).

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Aahutosh Likhar 11 years 10 months ago

Sir, hum dekh rhe h ki is field ko najarandaaz kiya jata h, hume is baare mein sirf sochna nhi h kuch krna h!!! Godowns se jb fruits & vegetables bechane k liye leke jate h tb over loaded sbjiya bhari jati h means unhe pta hota h ki aj itni sbjiyo ki jarurat nhi h phr b overloaded kr diya jata h. Dinbhr sbjiya bazar mein pdi rhti h aur raat ko wo sbji road pr fek di jati h..hum is chiz pe dhyan dena chahiye!! Bcoz isse hi gandgi,bimariya failti h!!

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Priyank Singhal 11 years 10 months ago

Post harvest losses can be reduced by adopting methods that can focus on moving fruits and vegetables to markets on fast pace. Proper storage should be ensured to keep them fresh as long as possible. The transport facilities must be focused for fruits and vegetables.

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Pramod Jain 11 years 10 months ago

Sir you are doing a great deed by focusing on development of urban areas ,but what about small cities like my native land sagar which is not yet at a developing stage Please do something for these small towns

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praveen chadhokar 11 years 10 months ago

Govt should focus on revamp of DRDO ,there has been no recruitment in DRDO for scientist post, people are leaving this prestigous organisation.....DRDO is capable of producing weapons required but Govt should take some steps.....

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